Background
CATLING, Thomas was born on September 23, 1838 in Cambridge. 3rd son of Edward Catling, florist.
CATLING, Thomas was born on September 23, 1838 in Cambridge. 3rd son of Edward Catling, florist.
Studied at private schools in Cambridge. Working Men’s College London.
Worked for twelve years in the composing-room of Lloyd’s Weekly London News. Sub-editor, 1866; editor, 1884. Retired, 1907. Travelled through America to the Pacific and Canada, 1893.
Holy Land and Syria, 1898. Up the Nile to Khartoum, 1900. Algeria and Kabylia, 1901.
Egyptian Desert and Spain, 1903. Corsica, 1904; Cairo, 1905. Austria, 1906.
Dalmatia, Bosnia, and Herzegovina, 1907.
Delegate to Conference of the International Association of Journalists at Berlin, 1908. Journalist.
Clubs: Savage, Whitefriars, New Vagabonds.
Travel, bridge. Address. I Heronville, St. James’s Road, Brixton, S.W.